The book presented to the reader's attention is the result of scientific research and many years of reading by the authors of a course in Persian literature at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. This publication attempts to summarize the solid material accumulated over the past decades in Iranian studies and other areas of Oriental literary studies. The book is about the history of the formation and development of Iranian literature in the 9th–18th centuries. It is addressed to university students, as well as a wide range of readers interested in classical Persian literature.